Working at the wrong zoom level?
In my previous blog post I described the three different uses of social media during disasters. One of them was utilizing social media for crisis information management purposes.
Writing
Essays on humanitarian technology
Connectivity, data, and digital tools in disaster response, from Haiti and Ebola to the infrastructure the humanitarian system still lacks.
Sharing Crisis Information Web 2.0 Style
In my previous posts I have discussed the importance of having access to key baseline information and a place to share it (the Crisis Information Repository). While having access to baseline data is crucial, it is also very important to have information...
The Disaster Manifesto
As the world remembers one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent times I thought it would be fitting to look forward and dream of what disaster preparedness and response world would look like in the future. As with many dreams the sequence is...
Outsourcing Crisis Information Management
When you ask those responding to a crisis what one of the key challenges they faced over 80% of them will mention information overflow as the main issue they faced. With improved connectivity this problem has just become more difficult to handle.
My new role
“There comes a time in every person’s life that their focus shifts from success to significance” – Ed Granger-Happ, CIO IFRC/Chairman NetHope Some of you might have noticed that I have been rather quiet on the blogging front for the last month and a half....
Occasionally Connected Clouds
At the NetHope Summit I got the pleasure of meeting one of Intel’s visionaries, Chris Thomaswho is their Chief Strategists. He gave an inspiring talk and one of the topics he discussed at lengths was what he called Occasionally Connected Clouds.
Attending NetHope Member Summit in Silicon Valley this week
This week I am visiting Silicon Valley for the first time. The reason behind my visit is that NetHopeis holding its Member Summit here this week.
Iceland’s Orange Facebook “Revolution”
There is a lot of discussions these days on Malcom Gladwell’s article in the New Yorker on the role of social media in civic activism. In it he points out that many of the cases mentioned in the press around the use of Twitter are not as accurate as people...
A crisis grassroots efforts consortium
It was very interesting to attend the International Crisis Mappers Conference in Boston this weekend. It was especially great to see all the passion in the room, especially from the volunteer grassroots community, but also very important to see key players...
A Crisis Information Repository in the cloud
Many years ago I was a program manager for a technology called Microsoft Repository. It was my first introduction to the world of metadata.